Health & Safety Lead

Interim Health & Safety Lead  – London
£400 paye / £550 per day Umbrella (Inside IR35)
37 hours per week
3–6 month contract

We are currently supporting a London based Local Council in recruiting an Interim Health & Safety Lead to provide senior capacity during a period of transition.

This is a high-impact strategic interim focused on stabilising existing Health & Safety activity, progressing priority improvements and preparing a structured handover for incoming permanent staff.

The assignment is about creating clarity, frameworks and momentum — not delivering full ISO accreditation or long-term cultural transformation.

Hybrid working applies: 2 days per week in the London office, 3 days remote.
Reporting directly to the Head of Corporate Health & Safety, you’ll act as a senior advisor across the organisation, helping to establish consistent standards and engagement during this critical period.
Responsibilities Over the 3–6 month contract, you will:

Health & Safety Standards & Systems

• Review and update corporate H&S policies, procedures and management systems
• Establish a baseline of H&S maturity across the Council
• Identify key risks, gaps and duplication
• Design a proportionate ISO 45001-aligned framework
• Produce priority corporate standards and model risk assessments
• Design (not deliver) an audit and assurance framework

Engagement, Communications & Culture

• Reset the H&S engagement and communications approach
• Develop a simple engagement strategy for Directorates
• Improve visibility of H&S through consistent messaging
• Support managers to embed H&S into daily operations
• Design leading and lagging performance indicators

Training & Capability (Design Phase Only)

• Complete a high-level training needs analysis
• Create a H&S competency and training matrix
• Identify priority gaps and quick wins
• Produce a roadmap for future training delivery

Leadership & Handover

• Act as senior H&S advisor to Directors and senior managers
• Report into governance and leadership forums
• Coach and support existing H&S team members
• Produce a comprehensive handover covering:
  
  • Baseline maturity assessment
  • Work completed
  • Key risks and dependencies
  • Clear next steps and recommendations

Requirements

• Senior Health & Safety leadership experience within large, complex organisations
• Strong experience designing or implementing ISO 45001-aligned systems
• Proven ability to improve H&S management frameworks
• Experience driving engagement and cultural improvement
• Confident influencing senior stakeholders without formal authority
• Able to deliver at pace in short-term interim roles
• Public sector or local government experience (highly desirable)

Contact James at Service Care Solutions
01772 208967
james.glover@servicecare.org.uk